Sidney Poitier
Birthdate
February 20, 1927 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Date of Death
January 7, 2022
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
February 20, 1927 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Date of Death
January 7, 2022
Known For
Acting
Biography
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Sidney Poitier's LGBTQ+ Titles
Mr. SOUL!
Self (archive footage)
Acting (95)
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback as Self (archive footage)
2023
Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte as (archive footage)
2022
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sidney as Self
2018
Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)
2018
Mr. SOUL! as Self (archive footage)
2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Self
2017
I Am Not Your Negro as Various Roles (archive footage)
2017
The Madding Crowd as Self (archive footage)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Moms Mabley as Self
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
2012
Sing Your Song as Self
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
2004
Hollywood Legenden as Self
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
2001
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket as Self
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America as Henry Cobb
2000
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
1999
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn as Noah Dearborn
1999
Free of Eden as Will Cleamons
1998
David and Lisa as Dr. Jack Miller
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1997
The Jackal as Carter Preston
1997
Mandela and de Klerk as Nelson Mandela
1997
Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)
1996
To Sir, with Love II as Mark Thackeray
1995
Children of the Dust as Gypsy Smith (2 episodes)
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
1992
Sneakers as Crease
1991
Separate but Equal as Thurgood Marshall (2 episodes)
1991
Separate But Equal as Thurgood Marshall
1988
Little Nikita as Roy Parmenter
1988
Shoot to Kill as Warren Stantin
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
I Love Quincy as Self
1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist as Narrator (voice)
1978
The Kennedy Center Honors as Self (1 episode)
1977
A Piece of the Action as Manny Durrell
1975
Let's Do It Again as Clyde Williams
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy as Shack Twala
1974
Uptown Saturday Night as Steve Jackson
1973
A Warm December as Dr. Matt Younger
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self (1 episode)
1972
Nationtime as Self - Narrator
1972
Buck and the Preacher as Buck
1971
The Organization as Virgil Tibbs
1971
Brother John as John Kane
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Virgil Tibbs
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
1969
The Lost Man as Jason Higgs
1968
For Love of Ivy as Jack Parks
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as John Prentice
1967
In the Heat of the Night as Virgil Tibbs
1967
To Sir, with Love as Mark Thackeray
1966
Duel at Diablo as Toller
1966
The Strolling '20s as Self
1965
The Slender Thread as Alan Newell
1965
A Patch of Blue as Gordon Ralfe
1965
The Bedford Incident as Ben Munceford
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told as Simon of Cyrene
1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth as Self
1964
The Long Ships as Aly Mansuh
1963
Lilies of the Field as Homer Smith
1962
Pressure Point as Doctor
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (1 episode)
1961
Paris Blues as Eddie Cook
1961
A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger
1960
All the Young Men as Sgt. Eddie Towler
1959
Virgin Island as Marcus
1959
Porgy and Bess as Porgy
1958
The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen
1957
The Mark of the Hawk as Obam
1957
Band of Angels as Rau-Ru
1957
Something of Value as Kimani Wa Karanja
1957
Edge of the City as Tommy Tyler
1956
Good-bye, My Lady as Gates Watson
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1956
Cinépanorama as Self (1 episode)
1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Tommy Tyler
1955
Blackboard Jungle as Gregory W. Miller
1954
Go Man Go as Inman Jackson
1953
The Oscars as Self (7 episodes)
1952
Omnibus (1 episode)
1952
The Red Ball Express as Robertson
1951
Cry, the Beloved Country as Reverend Msimangu
1950
No Way Out as Dr. Luther Brooks
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (1 episode)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Tommy Tyler (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner (1 episode)
Directing (9)
1990
Ghost Dad
• Director
1985
Fast Forward
• Director
1982
Hanky Panky
• Director
1980
Stir Crazy
• Director
1977
A Piece of the Action
• Director
1975
Let's Do It Again
• Director
1974
Uptown Saturday Night
• Director
1973
A Warm December
• Director
1972
Buck and the Preacher
• Director
Production (1)
1972
Buck and the Preacher
• Producer
Writing (1)
1968
For Love of Ivy
• Original Story